Sash-holder



(No Model.)

S. MYERS & M. H. WITTEL.

SASH HOLDER.

No. 385,368. Patented July 3, 1888.

. UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

SASH-T-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,368, dated July 3,1888.

Application filed October 21, 1887. Serial Xo.252.999.- (No model.)

To 61/ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, SAMUEL MYERS and IVIARTIN H. WITT'EL, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Manheim, in the county of Lancaster andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSash- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in sash-holders; and it consistsin a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, fully setforth hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a sectionof a window, showing our improved holder attached to the sash. Fig. 2 isa detail perspective view of the holder detached. Fig. 3 is a detaillongitudinal section of holder. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one ofthe plates of the holder. I

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the sash, in one sideof which is formed a recess, B, and in the recess is secured theimproved holder.

C O designate two plates, which are adapted to be secured together bythe rivet or screw D, passing through the centers thereof, and the saidplates are further provided with two aligned perforations, E E, adaptedto receive screws to secure the plates to the sash.

G G- represent longitudinal aligned grooves formed in the inner surfacesof the said plates, thereby forming, when the plates are securedtogether, two sockets.

H designates a wire spring, which is bent to form a loop, and the endsof the said loop are secured in the sockets between the plates 0 O.

K designates a rubber or rubber-covered roller on the end of the loopforming the spring,

the same being journaled on the cross-piece between the lateral arms.This spring, having the roller on the end, is secured in the re ccssformed in the edge of the sash, and the roller presses against the sideof the frame of the window. The spring holds the roller tight pressedagainst the frame, and although the said roller turns, the frictioncaused is suffi- -cient to hold the sash in anydesired position.

Various forms of sash-holders employing rollers and springs have beenheretofore used; but the construction and-arrangement thereof differessentially from our device.

The manner of securing the holder in the sash by attaching the groovedplates to the end of the spring and securing the plates to the sash byscrews is not only very simple,but strong and reliable.

Another advantage of this device is that there is no noise of scrapingor rubbing, 'for the reason that the roller turns noiselessly on the endof the loop, and the rubber around the roller prevents it from makingany sound against the window-frame.

Having thus described our invention, we olain1- A sash-ho1der comprisingthe plates 0 0, secured together and having the aligned grooves G G intheir inner faces, thereby forming sockets, the spring-loop H, securedat the ends in the said sockets, and the roller journaled on the end ofthe loop, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL MYERS. MARTIN H. XVITTEL.

Witnesses:

E. F. Hosrnrrnn, J. S. LINEAWEYER.

